Appropriate Surgical Instruments and Needle Holders for a Surgical Procedure

1
Appropriate Surgical Instruments and Needle
Holders for a Surgical Procedure The success of
surgery largely depends on the efficiency of a
surgeon and of course on the surgical
instruments they use. In modern surgical
procedures, highly sophisticated instruments and
equipment are used along with several traditional
or general instruments. Whether surgeons need
needle holders, general scissors, dressing and
holding instruments, tissue forceps, rib
retractors, or anything else, these instruments
must be of good quality and bought from
authentic suppliers.

• How to select appropriate surgical instruments?
• While selecting surgical instruments for a
  procedure, a few things should be kept in mind
• What procedure are you performing? Is it heart
  surgery of a specific type of knee surgery? Is
  it angioplasty or cholecystectomy? Depending on
  the surgery, the instruments change. Some
  instruments are a must in all types of surgeries
  but some instruments are required for
  organ-specific surgeries.
• The surgical procedure is also important. A gall
  stone operation is quite common these days but
  gall stone operation can be done in two ways as
  an open method that is the traditional method
  and cholecystectomy also known as laparoscopic
  surgery. Understandably, instruments are chosen
  accordingly.

2

• For operating infants, children, and adults,
  instruments including needle holders may differ.
  This is due to the body space accessibility and
  size organ. The same liver possesses different
  sizes in children and adults.

• Some common surgical instruments
• Some common surgical instruments that are used
  almost in all kinds of surgeries need special
  mention
• Needles and suture Needles differ in their
  shapes and cutting edges. There are tapered
  needles and conventional cutting needles.
  According to the type of needle used, needle
  holders are chosen. The suture is either
  absolvable or non-absorbable. Again, the suture
  can be braided or non-braided.

3

• Retractors - This instrument is used to opening
  up space inside the body. A retractor helps in
  performing the surgical procedure smoothly.
• Scissors the most common types of scissors are
  Vannas scissors, Castro Viejo scissors,
  McPherson-Vannas scissors. These scissors are cut
  tip scissors and fine tip scissors that are used
  depending on the surgical procedures. Again there
  are super-cut scissors that can impeccably cut a
  space without much damage to the tissues. Spring
  scissors are used for neurological and vascular
  uses.
• Forceps - These are another important and
  indispensable instrument in almost all kinds of
  surgical procedures. Forceps can be broadly
  categorized as ring forceps and thumb forceps.

4
Besides, there are hundreds of other kinds of
instruments in use depending on the surgical
procedures. Again, most specialized surgical
procedures such as cardiothoracic surgery,
urologic surgery, and orthopedic surgery need
general instruments like needle holders, special
instruments, and equipment. The quality of
instruments should be good enough and as per the
international standards.